What Causes Autism & What Can Be Done to Help

There are several different theories about what causes autism and aspergers syndrome including all of the disorders on the spectrum. These theories may vary depending on just who is reporting the theory and what personal or financial interests that the reporter may have.

At this time, the strongest theory suspected in contributing to the cause of autism are factors of the environment, the most notable being Thimerosal; a preservative containing mercury in childhood vaccinations, including the DPT, MMR, Flu vaccinations and many others to boot.

The toxic poison commonly known as Mercury is the second most toxic element on the face of the earth next to the even more dangerous plutonium. It is horrifying to think that it is routinely being used as a preservative in a substance called Thimerosal that is injected into the bodies of human beings most notably babies, children on up to older adults. This is criminal behavior at best, and destroys millions of lives.

In humans beings, it is well known that long term mercury exposure can cause loss of
feeling in arms and legs, psychological problems, memory loss, loss of intelligence, loss of vision or hearing, paralysis, congenital malformations, colon-rectal destruction, kidney toxicity and sometimes has even caused death. (Every parent who has ever consented to having their child vaccinated is given a form to read that explains that there are risks to all vaccines, one being death!)

But Hey! It makes one heck of a good preservative! It allows these multiple vaccines to last up to a year on the shelf as opposed to one week when a preservative is not present, so since it helps to make the big pharmaceutical companies richer, lining their greedy pockets with our money, let's inject it into the bodies of our kids-- yeah, that's the ticket. What a brilliant idea! NOT!

Now that the public and parents have started to wise up to this big con, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) is frantically scrambling, trying to explain away the exponential increase in autism by claiming that the increase in cases is merely due to big changes in the criteria for diagnosing autism spectrum disorder, and is not mercury related at all!

Here are some interesting facts so that you can you can come to your own conclusion:

An investigation done in 2003 found that the CDC actually have financial interest in multiple childhood vaccines. As a matter of fact, they own 28 patents on ones commonly given in childhood!

The CDC is who recommends the vaccination schedule for babies and children, as well as marketing vaccines and the management of "vaccine safety".

Is it just me? Or do you see a huge conflict of interest here? Is the fox a bit busy these days guarding the hen house?

If the increase of autism is truly caused by the change in diagnostic criteria, then that would imply that there is about 95% of an increase in autism spectrum disorders that went undiagnosed back in the late 1980s and early 1990s. You see, back in 1990 there were approximately 1 out of every 2500 children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Today, there is 1 in every 112 or even more! How on earth did medical professionals and teachers miss so many cases? That is astonishing! So many professionals who were negligent and unqualified to do their jobs?

As huge as the autism rate now is, there actually is some information, and I note, not given and in fact contradicted by the CDC and the big pharmaceutical companies, a light at the end of the tunnel.

You see, thousands upon thousands of autistic children have chronic digestive problems, including leaky gut syndrome and high levels of the harmful bacteria Clostridium tetani in their systems.

This has lead to increasing research into the links between autism and intestinal flora.

According to Mark Brudnak, PhD, author of "The Probiotic Solution," a child may have a reaction to a vaccine or an infection that can cause malfunctioning in his immune and digestive systems.
When this occurs, proteins are no longer properly broken down in the GI tract and the beneficial bacteria and healthy cells in the intestinal walls die, and harmful bacteria (like Clostridium tetani) flourish.

The harmful bacteria literally eat away at the gut lining until it becomes porous like a sieve (called leaky gut syndrome). When the gut wall is leaky, incompletely digested proteins like casein (the protein in dairy products) and gluten (the protein in wheat) seep out into the bloodstream and then travel to the brain where they can cause it to trigger opiate-like effects (like being on morphine), which is a common symptom of children with autism.

This is the reason why parents who put their children on a diet that is completely free of gluten and casein see such phenomenal results!

Probiotics are also very promising and have been recommended by many alternative specialists for autistic children, one being Doctor Amy Davis of Crossing back to Health in the metro St. Louis area, and have shown remarkable results in the improved physical and mental states and behavior of these kids. They have been very dramatically successful in relieving these digestive problems.